looking good,View attachment 961626
Pea and oat mix. The oats are slightly more to the fore than I was planning but will see how the mix progresses.
End game still to be decided. If they reach maturity together then combine them and separate through a cleaner. If not then the peas take priority. A bit of an experiment seeing if the combined total yield exceeds what I would expect from a monoculture.looking good,
and well, the oats were going to establish a bit quicker than the peas weren't they.
what's the end use plan ? as a matter of interest.
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Need a taller sprayer... does Caryx do anything??
It was applied towards the end of March. If only a tall crop equated to a big yield...it does, but yellow bud is the latest stage
It was common in the days of Theshing machines as they are set up to separate the grains, not sure why it was done other than helped prevent diseases?End game still to be decided. If they reach maturity together then combine them and separate through a cleaner. If not then the peas take priority. A bit of an experiment seeing if the combined total yield exceeds what I would expect from a monoculture.
Had a look at our Barley today, quite pleased with it.
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Its Cassia, planted something like September 23rd.
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Last year I posted some pictures of a rather crap crop of wheat growing in this field. Its amazing the difference in the two growing years.
I was just admiring those photos too. My barley is lush and dark green but seems stuck at awns just emerging.Looks really well, a lot of the winter barley round here is buggered
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Spring barley getting going well now. Certainly an improvement on last year.
18 March, Planet at 150 kg/ha.When was that drilled?
Agree oats do seem slow this yearOur crops are looking good in general although our spring oats are really struggling this year. They are so slow out the ground and just not getting going. Blw and grass weeds now coming through due to the amount of rain. The oats usually smother them before they get going. I'm thinking it maybe poor seed vigour combined with shite weather. The silage boys will be busy this year on mine.
Had a look at our Barley today, quite pleased with it.
Its Cassia, planted something like September 23rd.
Last year I posted some pictures of a rather crap crop of wheat growing in this field. Its amazing the difference in the two growing years.